Evaluation of three-beam and four-beam profiler wind measurement techniques using a five-beam wind profiler and collocated meteorological tower

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1167-1180

  Adachi, Ahoro ^a   Kobayashi, Takahisa ^a   Gage, Kenneth S ^b   Carter, David A ^b   Hartten, Leslie M ^c   Clark, Wallace L ^c   Fukuda, Masato ^d  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; RAIN; SPEED; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY; WIND;

DOPPLER VELOCITY; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; WIND PROFILOMETER MEASUREMENTS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 26444507289     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1777.1     Document Type: Article

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